Trees “Pierced” by other Trees [PDF]
THE natural phenomenon of one tree within another is very frequently witnessed in India in the case of the “pipal” (vulg. peepul) and the palmyra. The first instance which drew my attention to it was one in which a very large specimen of the former with a stem some 4 ft.
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The aim of this article is to describe the diagnosis process made on the timber structure that holds up the vault of the Diplomatic Room of the Royal Palace in Naples (Italy).
Donato Calicchio+5 more
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Transcriptome analysis identifies genes involved in the somatic embryogenesis of Eucalyptus
Background Eucalyptus, a highly diverse genus of the Myrtaceae family, is the most widely planted hardwood in the world due to its increasing importance for fiber and energy.
Yufei Xiao+6 more
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Rosa funingensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China [PDF]
A new species Rosa funingensis and its variant R. funingensis f. rosea, both collected from Yunnan Province, China, are, for the first time, documented and illustrated in this study.
Ling-Na Zheng+7 more
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Comparative analysis of flavonoids, polyphenols and volatiles in roots, stems and leaves of five mangroves [PDF]
Mangrove plants contain a variety of secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, polyphenols, and volatiles, which are important for their survival and adaptation to the coastal environment, as well as for producing bioactive compounds.
Zhihua Wu+3 more
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Synchronization in disordered Josephson junction arrays: Small-world connections and the Kuramoto model [PDF]
We study synchronization in disordered arrays of Josephson junctions. In the first half of the paper, we consider the relation between the coupled resistively- and capacitively shunted junction (RCSJ) equations for such arrays and effective phase models ...
A. Pikovsky+8 more
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Assessment and valorization of treated and non-treated olive mill wastewater (OMW) in the dry region
Purpose The quantity of Olive by-products does not stop increasing and a water shortage that threatens the olive tree culture; require a serious valuation of these by-products.
Haifa Rajhi+3 more
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FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments
Background We recently described FastTree, a tool for inferring phylogenies for alignments with up to hundreds of thousands of sequences. Here, we describe improvements to FastTree that improve its accuracy without sacrificing scalability.
M. Price, Paramvir S. Dehal, A. Arkin
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Fast nuclear staining of head hair roots as a screening method for successful STR analysis in forensics [PDF]
The success rate of STR profiling of hairs found at a crime scene is quite low and negative results of hair analysis are frequently reported. To increase the success rate of DNA analysis of hairs in forensics, nuclei in hair roots can be counted after ...
Deforce, Dieter+3 more
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Salinity tolerance improvement of in vitro propagated Paulownia tomentosa using proline
Background Paulownia tomentosa has been used as an ornamental plant and is still vastly used for this objective and can be utilized for the production of energy, wooden building materials, and paper pulp.
Nora Muhammad Youssef+2 more
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